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Show HN: Buslens – where can I get to by bus? (UK)
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Re: Show HN: Buslens – where can I get to by bus? (UK)
#52>API Key Required [carto.com/basemaps/apikey]
I've Cmd-F'd and can't see any reference to this, so this is a heads-up.
Re: Show HN: Buslens – where can I get to by bus? (UK)
#53It's not the most readable in my bit of London (well probably most towns in the UK) because of the similar colours and the way although buses may be going along the same road their lines may deviate and cross (though this may be hard sort out for something like the BL1 vs 53 or 453 because the BL1 is an express bus, probably the same for other super loop buses in London)
Re: Show HN: Buslens – where can I get to by bus? (UK)
#54Author here. Wasn't expecting this to blow up! This is a quick prototype, made for my 7yo who loves buses. A few tips: - Click the freeze icon to be able to zoom and pan without it changing the location of the lens - Double click to position the lens Thanks for feedback about the data. The bus stop and route data comes from the Department for Transport’s Bus Open Data Service (BODS), using the national GTFS feed. It…
it's showing a lot of rail/etc. replacement bus routes, which I wouldn't consider typical as they (hopefully) only run very rarely - such as the "DLR" replacement bus route, and "RB1" replacement bus route for the thames clipper in london
Same for "District"
Re: Show HN: Buslens – where can I get to by bus? (UK)
#55>API Key Required [carto.com/basemaps/apikey] I've Cmd-F'd and can't see any reference to this, so this is a heads-up.
Thanks - author here - I think this is due to the unexpected traffic spike from Hacker News! Will look into
Re: Show HN: Buslens – where can I get to by bus? (UK)
#56Might be nice to filter it to show only those buses which are available in the next hour or two - there's no need to display night buses during the day and vice versa.
Maybe have the root fade out behind the bus by time, an hour away as the max, it's faded but you can still see the route.
Re: Show HN: Buslens – where can I get to by bus? (UK)
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
> In some places you'll get fancy live information screens which happily announce the arrival of a bus that doesn't exist I worked on one of the systems for that many years ago, and one of the reasons TFL works better than many of the others is that TFL has (or at least had) extremely strict rules on what we were allowed to show. E.g. if the display could not contact our servers, we were required to remove the buses…
> If you see buses in London disappear from a display Thanks for that explanation! Was an alternative considered—e.g. marking the bus as "lost" instead of removing it altogether? Discounted because of space constraints?
I don't know. We were a third party suppliers and were just handed the rules - we weren't party to the justifications beyond the basics.
Re: Show HN: Buslens – where can I get to by bus? (UK)
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unreliable? Seriously? (I’m not from the UK, it sounds surprising.)
Outside of London, Manchester, Nottingham and a few selected other places, busses in England tend to be fairly dire, especially as you get out to smaller towns and villages. Even if the routes are there, it's not uncommon for the actual busses to bare little resemblance to the published timetable. In some places you'll get fancy live information screens which happily announce the arrival of a bus that doesn't exist,…
Googles stuff is just bad for public transport and walking, it gives "made in California, so we only understand car journeys" vibes.
Re: Show HN: Buslens – where can I get to by bus? (UK)
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sadly yes. Some bus companies are very reliable (traffic jams permitting), but there are definitely times when they aren't, and I've used rural routes where the hourly bus might just not turn up, which makes them completely infeasible for commuting or appointments. To replace cars with buses for trips you really need them to be rock solid.
Jesus. I thought Germany was bad with no A/C and unopenable windows for "security" (= cost savings). At least the busses* are on time. * definitely not the trains, though
> unopenable windows for "security"
Fenster zu! Es zieht!
https://www.thelocal.de/20190625/only-germans-believe-air-dr...